World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): Libya

Most recent
5.287 (2023)
Earliest
1.592 (1960)
Highest
15.48 (2014)
Years reported
40 of 64 in the span
Member state
Libya at the United Nations
010201960: 1.5921961: 1.8551962: 3.1041963: 2.4081964: 1.8441965: 1.8571966: 2.9151967: 3.3611968: 2.8561969: 3.7631970: 6.0731971: 5.3231972: 3.711973: 3.9851974: 3.2911975: 2.2541976: 1.9691977: 2.4641978: 3.7991979: 3.2211980: 2.9221981: 1.7551982: 2.2411997: 4.0781998: 5.2971999: 3.7842000: 3.1472001: 2.4142002: 2.0692003: 2.0722004: 2.0712005: 1.5282006: 1.122007: 0.94672008: 1.492012: 3.7462013: 7.6392014: 15.482022: 4.3472023: 5.28719602023
Military expenditure (% of GDP), 1960–2023. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

The World Bank reports 40 of the 64 years between 1960 and 2023 for Libya. The missing 24 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.

Every year reported

YearMilitary expenditure (% of GDP)
20235.287
20224.347
201415.48
20137.639
20123.746
20081.49
20070.9467
20061.12
20051.528
20042.071
20032.072
20022.069
20012.414
20003.147
19993.784
19985.297
19974.078
19822.241
19811.755
19802.922
19793.221
19783.799
19772.464
19761.969
19752.254
19743.291
19733.985
19723.71
19715.323
19706.073
19693.763
19682.856
19673.361
19662.915
19651.857
19641.844
19632.408
19623.104
19611.855
19601.592

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